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Beer, Biscuits, and Morning Roundup

Summit’s coming out with a classy-looking 25th anniversary beer, a Q&A with Mike Tattersfield of Caribou Coffee, the new downtown Crave is freakin’ gigantic, Satanists are going to love Surly’s new beer label, the legislature cuts funding for the Asian carp barrier at the Coon Rapids dam, Rachel directs us to good biscuits and gravy, […]

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Muddy Waters Expanding and Morning Roundup

MN proves to be the #1 market for RumChata, Lazy Lightning despises Frank’s Red Hot Wings — Hot Buffalo Sauce (“Overall Frank’s Hot Buffalo Wing Sauce is foul. Absolutely disgustingly foul.”), Muddy Waters plans to move and expand into a restaurant and bar, Andrew Zimmern reports on Crave’s new-and-improved chef lineup, The Well-Fed Guide to […]

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Pollo Campero Opens and Morning Roundup

Pollo Campero has opened its first Minnesota restaurant [PDF press release with details on their fried and grilled chicken], WCCO touts Cargill’s cocoa, Crave is named “Restaurant of the Year” by the Minnesota Restaurant Association [PDF with details], a venison recipe in OutdoorLife from Chef John Schumacher of Schumachers Hotel and Grill 212 in New […]

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Rogue and Barrio Hiring and November 11 Tweet Rodeo

Want to be a part of the world’s smallest chocolate factory? @RogueChocolate’s looking for a part-time holiday worker, @Barrio_StPaul finishes up interviews — so if you’re interested, show up before 4pm, @France44Cheese offers discounted @SurlyBrewing Furious when you buy a sandwich, @CRAVEamerica honors troops with a Veteran’s Day discount, and @SurdyksLiquor takes 20% off wine […]

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Palomino to Close and Morning Roundup

A warm (but not rave) write-up of Flamingo by Bill Roehl (read our profile of their restaurant here), a cookbook by defensive end Jared Allen, Palomino is closing and a new Crave will replace it, the food at Duplex gets somewhat panned, and Mecca snacks at Il Gatto, Travail, Northeast Social, and World Street Kitchen.

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May 24 Morning Roundup

Dara asks if Chef Jim Kyndberg can reinvent Crave and save BBQ all at the same time, an objection to a Minnesota farmer’s defensiveness vis-a-vis animal welfare, a roll-by-roll look at Mt. Fuji in Uptown, the once shaky Midtown Farmers Market location seems more stable (plus: wood-fired pizza by Olive Pizza at Midtown and a […]

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